Permanent 2Permanent 2 Ranma walked into her apartment and looked at her father who was lazily sipping tea out of a small cup in its paws. "Hello son," said the sign the panda offered. "Father," said Ranma coolly in the tone she reserved only for her father. "What's this about an arranged marriage?" she cracked her knuckles and dropped a confused Mr.P on the floor. The next day Ranma was surprised to see Akane waiting outside her door. "Hi" she said as she walked up and met the red head at the door. On the way to school Akane walked next to her looking cheerful. "You're really moving in with us?" "Looks like it; my life will be allot easier if I do. Its closer to both the school and my job, and the rent is much cheaper." Ranma looked nervously at her companion and tried to pay attention to where she was heading. "So uh, where do you work?" asked Akane casually trying to start conversation. "Its called Gaijin café," Ranma answered automatically, she wasn't used to friendly conversation. "That's near the Dojo isn't it?" asked Akane thoughtfully. "Yes," replied Ranma mechanically. "Why do you act like that? It's creepy," Akane said quietly to herself. "What's so creepy about it?" asked Ranma. Akane blushed and looked at her feet in embarrassment. "I'm sorry it's just you seem so..." Akane floundered guiltily trying to find the words. "Cold? Try spending months in a foreign country being hunted like an animal. It helps your hearing allot too." Ranma stared forward angrily and then blushed. "Sorry, I shouldn't have..." the girl broke herself off before she embarrassed herself further. "Ranma?" said Akane to the girl with a horrified look crossing her features for a moment. "What happened to you?" Ranma simply continued to walk silently. Ranma looked at the crowd amassed at the gates of Furinkan with a disgusted sigh. "Your public awaits," she gave Akane a small humorless smile. Akane returned the smile. "At least she's trying." The two walked towards the school with Akane leading by several yards. "There she is!" cried one of the boys in the front. They charged at the two girls, Akane began as soon as the first wave of boys hit, to her surprise many of the boys, about half in fact, passed her completely and charged Ranma who backed away with a look of horror on her face; the red head turned to run, but the boys swarmed her. Ranma watched in horror as the boys passed Akane and charged at her. "No!" she thought and turned away. The boys had a head start and the element of surprise and swamped her; She spun around as one of the boys swung at her and cried, "I love you!" She moved through the crowd dodging punches and kicks fluidly and easily. "Too many!" she thought desperately looking for a break in the crowd. Several boys tried to crush her in a dog pile and Ranma rolled away. "Can't escape!" thought the frightened girl frantically. Akane finished up the last part of her little squad and turned to see Ranma facing not only her usual fan cub, but also about fifteen new faces as well. "No! Get away from her you jerks." she started to run for the crowd; then an almost inhuman yell erupted from the center of the Mob. Ranma shot straight up twenty feet into the air with a jumping uppercut that knocked one boy fifteen feet back and took out several other students in his wake. Ranma landed and looked at her opponents carefully. The boys circled her and began to close in. Everyone not involved stopped and stared in shock; Akane saw Ranma standing in the center of the crowd in a ready stance, she had seen Ranma fight twice now and neither time had she actually taken up a stance. Akane started to move towards the girl to help, but a warning hand on her shoulder stopped her. She turned to see Nabiki holding her back gently shaking her head. "Akane look at her eyes," her sister said simply. She turned to watch as the boys edged their way ever closer to the girl carefully and slowly. "She looked and saw a very serene and calm Ranma standing motionless in the center. Her eyes held no emotion or fire; she almost seemed to be nothing but lifeless statue; Ranma was a killing machine. "No! They'll be killed!" cried Akane as she watched at the boys edge closer, she made no move to break her sister's grip though. One of the Karate club members snapped and ran at Ranma. He screamed as he rushed her; She moved slightly to dodge his strike and backhanded him in the back of the head. He fell to the ground with a sickening thud and she jumped into the crowd of boys surrounding her silently. She kicked one boy in the neck breaking his collar bone and dropping him like a rock; One of the sumo club took a swing at her and she grabbed his arm and slammed him down on the ground while twisting her weight ripping his arm out of the socket dislocating his shoulder without stopping her momentum as she planted her feet in another boy's face. Another boy dressed on boxing gear swung at Ranma; she grabbed his wrist and ducked under his arm, then she punched up through his elbow breaking it instantly. Another boy kicked at her and she grabbed his ankle, brought it down on her thigh as she kneeled, and elbowed his knee breaking it instantly as well. She turned and charged into another group of boys without making a sound. After what seemed like hours had passed, Akane and Nabiki watched in horror as Ranma stood in the center of the pile of broken and entirely unconscious boys. She stood breathing evenly and looked around at the destruction she had caused. She fell to her knees and took deep controlled breaths as she stared at her hands with absolutely no emotion on her face. Akane gasped as she thought a shimmer of golden light could be seen in her palms for a moment; but she dismissed it as Tatewaki Kuno walked out from behind a tree and smiled at the girl who was regaining control of herself slowly. Ranma looked at her hands and sobbed as the scope of what she had done hit her. "Shampoo," she said aloud. The kendoist smiled smugly at the girl before him on the ground and waited patiently for her to gaze up at his glory. "Such sweet remorse," he said to Ranma who merely looked at him. "You did this," said Ranma calmly. "No! He'll be killed!" cried Akane as she stepped forward again, but was once again restrained by her sister. "No he won't, broken but not killed, perhaps he needs it for being so careless," Nabiki pointed to the bodies of the male populous of Furinkan; all of them were broken and crushed, but not a single one was in any danger of dying. Arms and legs where bent at odd angles and faces where hardly recognizable; but no deathblows could be seen in the unconscious forms that lay in the grass. Kuno's clothes were obviously designed to show off the scar he had received in the earlier battle with Ranma. "They, as with the beauteous Akane Tendo, must defeat you for the honor of your company." "Who are you interfere with my life?" asked Ranma with the same maddening calm. "'Twas no trouble my dear; it is what the superior class does to those obviously too weak to live on their own," he tossed a rose at Ranma dramatically. Ranma punched it in the air causing it to explode sending petals in every direction. "You are an arrogant jerk," she spoke the words as a statement and not a curse. "Now fair maiden might thou spar with me?" Kuno readied himself for battle. Ranma waved her hand around her and looked at Kuno with her face growing hard. "Does it look like I'm sparing to you?" "My heart guides me into this battle," said the boy as he charged Ranma. The girl jumped into the air and came down hard on Kuno's chest; She then sprung off him and onto the ground several feet away; after a second of silence between the two Kuno leaned forward and coughed up a fair amount of blood. Ranma eyed him coldly as he stood clutching his chest. "I just punctured your right lung slightly. If you don't receive medical attention within the next two hours you will die. There is a pay phone inside the school." Ranma flipped him a hundred yen coin and began to walk away; She stopped and turned slightly. "Now -sempai- do you see how much I love a weakling like you?" her voice dripped with venom as she walked away without looking at him again. It began to rain and some of the students woke up and started moaning and others screamed in terror and pain from their injuries. The few who escaped unharmed and those who had fought Akane looked on in horror as the girl walked away from the screaming pile of bodies. She looked like a demon to her, a cold hard emotionless face that could not possibly be human; yet Akane could not bring herself to be afraid or angry. Ranma stopped in front of her. "I am sorry for this, but maybe now you understand the kind of life I've had over the past year," she said sadly. Akane looked at Ranma with piteous eyes. "Ranma how could you?" she slapped the girl across her face and got no reaction from her; Ranma merely turned her head and wiped her mouth with the back of her wrist. "I have fought for my life every day for almost a year. I thought, finally it would all go away once I got back home. I guess I was wrong," she said quietly once again returning to her emotionless daze; finally she silently walked towards the building. "Akane she didn't do anything wrong; she defended herself, plain and simple." Nabiki watched Ranma walk slowly towards the school and didn't appear to be paying any attention to her sister. "That poor girl what could have happened to her to cause this?" said Akane after a moment. In the distance emergency vehicles sirens wailed and the pair turned towards the school. Later the same day, during the lunch period... Akane could not find Ranma anywhere on the campus; when she asked most of the girls gave her hateful stares and the boys simply turned away quietly. After finally giving up her search Akane walked into the lunch room hoping for a few leftovers before she found her friends outside; the speakers across the campus crackled to life suddenly and a voice spoke clearly four simple words that everyone understood. "The attacks will stop." "Ranma?" gasped Akane startled by the announcement. She ran towards the school office and caught the girl right as she walked out. "There you are, I was worried; you forgot to eat lunch with us." Ranma offered a halfhearted smile and allowed herself to be taken to a group of girls in the courtyard. Several of them gasped and stared at her in fear and wonder. Many of the other girls were giving Ranma dirty looks, she realized that it must be because their boyfriends were involved in the attack this morning. The paramedics arrived and the police questioned the boys. No one would give any information out of either 'love', fear or both. More than half the schools male population was absent now because they had to be taken to the hospital. Ranma looked at Akane and asked a simple question. "Why?" Akane turned to face her and hugged her causing Ranma to freeze up and blush. "Because I don't understand, I pray I never do, and I hope you get the chance to forget," she looked over at Nabiki on the other side of the field who smiled back at her. "We're going to be living together and I think we should be friends." Ranma blushed and looked down at her knees. "She's so cute; Friends...huh?" Ranma mind wandered for a moment, as she was unsure of what to say or do. "But I can't forget, I won't let that happen," the words where whispered and Akane released her looking confused again. "It's too important." Kuno sat looking at the doctor suspiciously. "What do you mean its not punctured?" he said bluntly. "You've been faked out my friend," said the doctor looking at the chart. "She broke your ribs all right and I'm not surprised you coughed up a little blood with all the bruises she gave you. She must really hat-" "I knew it she does love me!" he cried. The doctor sighed and placed the chart back on the table. "You and I need to talk," he said to the Kendoist as Kuno hugged his pillow joyously. I almost forgot the legal crap again...I don't own any of the characters or situations involved with Ranma 1/2. Etc etc....Takahashi, Vis communications...etc etc... I love C&c send me some please! Send to: Find It at Yahoo! Shopping More... Find It at Yahoo! Shopping Millions of products. Top retail brands. Express checkout. Everything You Shop for...All in One Place. Visit Yahoo! Shopping [Close] undefined [Close]